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Sun Dec 23, 2007, 10:39 PM

So, I was sitting here, trying to write reviews for my tops of '07 list. And I just want to get it out there. I don't want to take anymore time, I just want to let it out. Maybe I will update this journal entry a million times and add some reviews as I write them up. Maybe I will just post the list and be done with it. This list is ranked, and i chose 22, because well, all of these albums are worthy of mentioning from me. No more, no less. Exactly that many.

22. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
21. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
20. Holy Fuck - LP
19. Iron & Wine - The Shepard's Dog
18. MGMT - Oracular Specular
17. Sigur Ros - Hvarf/Heim
16. White Stripes - Icky Thump
15. Taken By Trees - Open Field
14. The Good Life - Help Wanted Nights
13. Dear and the Headlights - Small Steps, Heavy Hooves
12. The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes are the Dark Horse
11. Angus & Julia Stone - A Book Like This
10. Art In Manila - Set the Woods on Fire
9. Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
8. St Vincent - Marry Me
7. Wilco - Blue Sky Blue
6. Stars - In Our Bedroom After the War
5. Various Artists (Bob Dylan) - I'm Not There Soundtrack
4. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
3. BSS Pres. Kevin Drew - Spirit If...
2. Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight
1. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?

So there you have it. Tell me what you think. And sure, I left out some really great ones, but that is because I think you saw them too many times on every other list made by anyone with a similar music preference to me. Please tell me what you think of the rankings, and if things should go in different places. I am still opening to modifying this list, and making changes to it.

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Listening to: Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
Drinking: Remy Martin VSOP

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`p-u-r-i-n Dec 23, 2007, 11:44:34 PM

You enjoy Angus and Julia Stone as well? You are a good man.

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`-kron Dec 23, 2007, 11:50:21 PM

this album is awesome. it wasn't worthy of the top 10 because i think this year really had too damn much great music. but it still beat out a couple of my favorite all time bands, namely The Good Life and Modest Mouse.

`p-u-r-i-n Dec 24, 2007, 2:54:21 AM

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~little-sky Dec 24, 2007, 3:07:34 PM

I can't argue with Of Montreal, 'Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer' was just...brilliant!

I really want to get Armchair Apocrypha.

But what happened to Battles?

`-kron Dec 24, 2007, 4:17:25 PM

i haven't actually listened to it because i am not much of a fan of Mike Patton or anything he has ever had a hand in.

and even if i had listened to it, i doubt i would have included it, since it was atop almost every list ever, and that was what i was trying to avoid. I even left out Strawberry Jam, which was an awesome album.

`-kron Dec 24, 2007, 4:20:05 PM

ignore that comment i made. i dont know what i was thinking with that Mike Patton comment. i am very mistaken.

~bisento Dec 24, 2007, 5:03:41 PM

nice nice list, of montreal is a fantastic choice, the past is a grotesque animal is not only one of my favourite songs of the year, it already was last year! my one regret is that because it was released so early on that i haven't listened to it the 3million times i want to, haha.

awesome awesome to see julia and angus on any list, automatically makes it a great list, and to see it on a Canadian's (ooh it just turned noon, allowed now to capitalise, nice), that's fantastic. There are a few here I haven't heard but what I have I can't argue with them being really good albums. Personally I would have A&J Stone, St. Vincent closer to the top, haha, but they are two of my hugest obsessions of the year, of course.

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`-kron Dec 24, 2007, 7:15:10 PM

i ain't canadian yo. im an american.

Of Montreal is above and beyond the best album of the year, so i felt it necessary to take the most meaningful line from the album and title the list in that way. and i agree with you 100% that The Past Is a Grotesque Animal is one of the best songs of the year, and that is definitely a feat because it is almost 12 minutes. you don't see that much anymore.

i saw them twice since they released the album, and the first time was like 3 weeks after the album release. they didnt even play it that time. Then in november they opened the show with it, and it was definitely the best way to kick off a show ever.

and of course A&J stone makes the list. Not the top 10, because there was too much awesome stuff this year that was better than that album. this list was more me trying to promote the music i loved on a weighted list.

anything you haven't listened to on this list i would highly recommend you go ahead and seek it out.